Monthly Archives: July 2014

So long, farewell,auf wiedersehen, good night…

So long, farewell,auf wiedersehen, good night…

*Sigh

Yup.  I bid a fond adieus to some new friends.  I had only known them for a short time.  I used to have some friends just like them but slowly and surely, they had left me.

At first, I was very upset when this happened.  Why was this happening!?!  Was I doing something wrong?  It was painful at first but eventually, I got used to it and learned to say, “Oh, well…”

Then something happened!  Some of them came back to me!  This was great!  I was no longer embarrassed by being without them.  People did not look at me askance when they casually noticed their absence.  I began to fit in again.  This was nice.

Saturday, though, it happened all over again.  Three of them said “Good-bye” again.  Right when I was starting to feel confident about them sticking around.  I felt sad.  I must admit, though, to not being too terribly surprised.  I had felt them thinking about leaving.

It was nice while it lasted.

Yup.  I lost three toenails at my 50K race Saturday. I am back down to 7 toenails again.  I am breaking out the nail polish and camouflaging the places where the toenails used to be.  If you do not look too terribly close, you cannot tell.

*Sigh.

Maybe, just maybe, I will grown them back in time for the Chicago Marathon in October?  Fingers crossed.